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Use in varieties of Scots

cant Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.3 16.1 3 9.9 11.6 31 0
Number of occurrences4032 2 1 2 3 0
Number of authors14 7 2 1 2 2

Occurrences of cant in Corpus

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Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
hey blethert an gurgled thaur cant, on page 16

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
It's the cant o the climate and awbody gets on page 8

1 matches

MacKenzie, Douglas Eemis Stane 1 - Puir Finch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
"Sic sleekit cant frae human beast, on page 13

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
frae hypocrisy an cant an righteous murder? on page 46

1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
me o it evitin turnin intae a cant, an is aften confuised wi ane
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
juist the kind o ingratiatin cant that she expectit fae
1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
It’s the cant o the climate and aabody gets
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e74999377 nicola surgeon - i cant remember lol (2021) twitter link
iss that bit - it happened n cant turn the clock back - we hav (2020) twitter link
over the salmond scandal n a cant wait to hear her statements a (2020) twitter link
o be awarded their leagues - cant argue with that! (2021) twitter link
ing for a headline lol - you cant stop people from meeting up a (2020) twitter link
and 20 other occurrences.

Doric

@daleser23 tweeted
91 haha aye ud fit in well. I cant wait to melt. Far u at? #lets(2013) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
k is aa aboot traivelers: HH, cant, sangs, storytellers, singers (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
wye. Mibbe wur still on that cant, rattlan on here!

Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
ar finish, dir aye een teen a cant ta da easterd. Dat'll be een
1 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
aboot how tired sho is and I cant take it any more #parentingsu (2018) twitter link

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
eam van ootside the hoose but cant b bothed to move. #doyoudeliv(2012) search twitter

@StuartPoet tweeted
et the Beurla Reagaird an the Cant ????????????????(2020) search twitter
only wey furrit. An maun hae Cant in there forby!(2020) search twitter